Anney Giobbe

Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her place for Thanksgiving. While her father struggles to drive her family into the city, April -- an inexperienced cook -- runs into kitchen trouble and must ask a neighbor for help.

A restaurant owner falls in love with an opera singer and, desperate to impress her, travels to Italy to learn how to sing.

This road movie explores the nature of the bond between twins by focusing on a love affair between a man and a woman, each of whom has a twin brother.

Suicides, racial confrontations and chaos result when a selfish college editor prints photos of a student's suicide that the owner tried to suppress.